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OLDAGGETT;

. BUTTON AND PASTENER. No. 2721123., Patented Feb.l3. 1883.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER DAGGETT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUTTON AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,123, dated February 13, 1883 Application filed October 17,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beitknown that I, CHRISTOPHER DAGGETT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Buttons and Fasteners for the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in buttons and fasteners for the same, whereby the buttons can be affixed to or removed from a garment or other article in a simple and expeditious manner, and without necessitating the use of any tool or appliance.

In carrying out my invention,I employ a cylindrical shank, headed at the top, so as to allow the button to rotate and oscillate on the shank. The lower end of the shank'is formed with a hole passing through it horizontally. The fastener consists of a plate or disk of metal having a central hole and stamped or formed with a horizontal cylindrical channel adapted to receive a pin, as hereinafter described. i

In order to enable my invention to be better understood, I will proceed to describe the same, by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation, Fig. 2 a section, andFig. 3 a plan, ofthe under side of my improved button-and fastener; Figs. 4, 5,

and 6, elevation, section, and plan, of the under side of the button, without the shank and fastener; Fig. 7, elevation ot'theshank; Figs. 8 and 9 elevations, and Fig.'10, section, of the fastener; Figs. 11 and 12, plans of the to and under side, respectively, of the same. r 1g. 13

is a section showing the improved button applied to a piece of cloth or other fabric. Figs. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 are similar views to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 7,8, 10, and 11, and show a modification of my improvements.

Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.

a is the button.

and c the head at the top of the same. d is b is the cylindrical shank,

button it will be understood that the cylin-,

drical shank b, having been inserted in the button a in the process of manufacture, in order to fix the button on any article, the perforated end of the shank b is passed through the material it, Fig. 13, and the fastener is passed over the end of the shank. The pin it is then in serted through the channel g in the fastener and the hole 01 in the shank, and the button will be securely fixed at the same timethat it can rotate or oscillate 011 its shank b. In order to remove the button it is simply neces sary to withdraw the said pin b.

1n the modification of the arrangement shown in Figs. 14 to 20, I dispense with the hereinbetbre-described pin it and the channel 9 in the fastener e, and Ithen cutthe end of the shank with a screw-thread, j, the central hole, f,in the fastener having a corresponding screwthread,.so that when the shank b has been passed through the material the fastener is screwed on and the button is secured. In this arrangement the hole d in the shank b is placed nearer the back of the button a and has for its object to allow of inserting a pin to. hold the shank b while the fastener is being screwed on or off.

Having thus described my said invention and the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is- The improved button, substantially as described, consisting of the part a, the headed and perforated shank b, removable fastener e, and a pin adapted for the perforation. 1 I

CHRISTOPHER DAGGETT.

Witnesses:

B. BRADY, A. ALBUTT. 

